James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Twin Cities Area
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown